Federal Aluminum Ammo - Is It Safe To Use? - Smith And Wesson Forums The Federal aluminum cased 9mm ammo is $9 97 for a box of 50 and brass cased 9mm runs right around $15 per box so that's a fairly significant savings if you shoot a lot I bought 2 boxes of this stuff in 45acp for $15 97 per box Most 45 is $21-22 per box so again that seems like a decent savings
Opinions of CCI Blaser aluminum cased . 38 Spl, - Smith And Wesson Forums For some reason, the aluminum is so thin at the neck, it doesn't have enough tensile strength to hold those pointed RN bullets in place when subjected to recoil in the cylinders of revolvers with aluminum alloy or scandium frames That added recoil of these extra-light revolvers causes some of the bullets to back out of the aluminum cases and bind up the cylinders I've never had this happen
Steel-Cased Ammo in S. A. M1A?? | Smith And Wesson Forums Started to ask this question in the M1A thread that got locked last week and didn't want to post this in the Ammo sub-forum because I wanted to direct the question specifically to M1A owners shooters Do any of you shoot some of the relatively inexpensive steel-cased ammo in your M1As for
Steel Ammo discussion -- put to rest. Facts - Smith And Wesson Forums Steel cased ammo earns a bad reputation here based upon excessive fouling resulting from the lacquer coating that has to be placed on the steel cases to prevent corrosion and aid in extraction and ejection This lacquer coating builds up in the chambers Experiments with Polymer coatings have only been marginally better
TulAmmo 9mm steel casing for Shield Plus - Smith And Wesson Forums Brass cased ammunition isn't that much more costly The coatings on steel case ammunition help with extraction since the steel doesn't "spring back" away from the chamber wall after firing the way brass does Berden priming is a different approach to the construction of the small primer at the base of the cartridge
Monarch Ammo. . . is it any good? - Smith And Wesson Forums From what I’ve been able to find online, it’s sourced from Barnaul and Prvi Partizan I’ve never had an issue with Prvi Partizan ammo, but Steel cased Russian 9mm ammo that I’ve shot has been really inconsistent
Plated bullets with ported barrel M P shield EZ 9mm Hi, Has anyone with a ported barrel MP Shield EZ 9mm (or any ported Shield) shot ammo with a copper plated bullet instead of a full metal jacket? Apparently shooting plated (or plain lead) bullets in ported weapons is not recommended due to possibility of slivers of the bullet being sheared
New Bodyguard 2. 0 FTE issues - Smith And Wesson Forums I removed the lip too BUT I still get one FTF per 50 with Sergeant Major steel cased ball ammo, worked fine with 200 rounds of flat nose Winchester I get my 1000 rounds of Sergeant Major for $230 shipped so I just deal with the nuisance